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In its current form, Chrome's dark mode applies to myriad items within the programme such as its URL bar, sidebar and omnibox.

However, one of the biggest problems with the feature is the fact its effect is sometimes mitigated by the fact a score of sites on the web display white backgrounds.

Competing browsers, such as Samsung's, allow users to flick a switch that will attempt to display more content with a black theme.

In this particular instance, the South Korean tech giant's software inverts colours.

While this does mean many pages that would typically display a white background instead showcase as black one, this method can degrade the readability of websites overall.

As noted by Android Police, another way in which a dark mode can be delivered to more sites is by setting up a system that will alert them to when a dark mode is turned on.

This can allow a particular page to be viewed with a black theme that is more tailored in terms of usability.

It appears Google is seeking to apply this particular method for its Chrome dark mode.

TechDows spotted a post from the American tech giant that announced such a feature is in the works.

Most notably it was said Google plans to ship the functionality, meaning it could arrive for all Chrome users in the near future.

An extract from the post read: "In short, the feature itself will be supported, but what it evaluates to may vary between platforms and their ability to let the user change the theme.

The new feature should allow Chrome's dark mode to be tailored for more sites (Image: 9to5Google)

"Supported in Chrome via system setting on Android Q, macOS, Windows, and via --force-dark-mode on other platforms. There is also a setting in Chrome for Android to override the system setting.

"For Android WebView, the 'prefers-color-scheme' media feature will match 'no-preference' when forced darkening is enabled to not have the web content apply dark styles before automatic darkening is applied."

The announcement iterated the feature is set to arrive for Windows, macOS and Android.